I added a couple more species to my list in Texas. The first is a Black Chinned Hummingbird that I saw at Bentson. I mistook a female Ruby Throated for a Black Chinned at a feeder before a bird walk. Luckily, we found another one that was a Black Chinned along with another Ruby Throated at the same time. So my pics have Ruby's mixed with Black Chinned. I think I finally have a definite Black Chinned Hummer below.
On our last day, we went to Quinta Mazatlan which is the grounds of a mansion and very birdy. There had been a Buff Bellied Hummingbird and a Rufous Hummingbird there. I went looking for the Buff Bellied. After walking the grounds we sat at the hummingbird feeders and it didn't take long for birds to appear. I saw the Buff multiple times. It would fly in and drink nectar from flowers for a minute or two then fly off for five minutes. Getting a photo of a quick moving hummingbird feeding in flower bushes was proving impossible.
Luckily, very luckily, it decided to take a rest in a bush and also feed from the feeder. I took a bunch of blurry photos but did get some sharp images. The Rufous showed up right as I was getting my first photos of the Buff Bellied. A nice lady said it was at a feeder. However, I have great photos of the Rufous in RI, so I never looked. I'd been chasing a photo of the Buff Bellied for a half hour and I was finally getting one. Photos of the three species I saw below
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Photos below of Buff Bellied. You can see the buffy underbelly
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